Clean-out device for pipes



Feb 19 1924.

S. BRUCELARIE CLEAN-OUT DEVICE FOR PIPES Filed Feb. 6, 1923 WITNESSES l/Vl/E/VTOR @IBr-wce larzle SIMON BRUCELARIE, OF WEST I-IGBUKEN, NEW dEldgliil'.

CLEAN-OUT DEVICE 39GB PIPES.

Application filed February 6, 1923.

TotaZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIMON BnUonLAnm, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofVVest Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Clean-Out Device for Pipes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to clean-out devices for pipes and is particularly adaptable for the use of plumbers.

An object of the invention is to provide a clean-out device which can be readily attached to pipes with a minimum expenditure of time and labor and without the necessity for the workman to have any particular, skilled knowledge.

Another object is to provide a device which can be attached quickly and easily to a pipe and yet which is, nevertheless, firmly fastened thereto to effectively provide a clean-out plug which can be readily opened at any time to clean out the pipe.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of.which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a pipe with the device attached;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the device in its open, unfastened position;

Fig. 3 is a similar section showin the fastening or clamping device in its 0 osed position; and

Fig. 4C is a detail view of the fastening r- The form of the invention shown in the, drawings is a preferred form, although it is understood that modifications in the construction and arrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials used may be adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention concerns an attachment to a pipe 1, preferably a lead pipe such as used particularly in house plumbing, of a cleanout plug or casting 2. This casting or plug is provided with a dependent collar 3 adapted to extend into an aperture such as 4. formed in the pipe and, preferably, making a fairly snug fit therewith. The casting is further provided with a flanged portion 5 extendin for some distance beyond the aperture a on all sides thereof across the pipe; and, preferably, in placing the casting on the pipe, cement or putty or some suitable sealing material is placed on the pipe be- Serial No. 617,333.

tween it and the under surface of the flange 5 to make the joint watertight.

The casting 2 is provided with a bore 6 threaded at 7, near its upper end, to receive a threaded plug 8 providedwith a flange 9 between which and the upper edge of the casting 2 a packing ring 10 is disposed. This plug 8 is provided, preferably, with a square stem 11 engageable by a wrench to loosen the plug.

The casting is provided with lateral wings such as 12 and 13 suitably slotted as at 14 and 15. The slot 14 is engageable by the looped ends 16 of a strap 17 adapted to pass around the pipe 1 to hold the casting thereon. The other end of the strap passes through the slot 15 in the wing 18 and is introduced into a slot 18 in a key or fastening device 19 having an eye 20 at one end which may be engaged by a pin or other tool to operate the key. In order to fasten the casting on the pipe 1, the strap is passed therearound as above described and the key 19 is wound up to roll the strap therearound until the key, with the rolled-up portion of the strap 17, is firmly secured in a socket or recess 21 formed on the wing 13. This rolled-up portion is held therein by reason of the fact that it is jammed in the recess or socket 521, the length of the strip being so calculated that for a given size of pipe the free end when rolled up will fit tightly in the socket. The ends of the key shown in Fig. 1, after the strap has been rolled up, can be sawed of! so that the device cannot be removed WAGE such a result is desired.

Therefore, it is observable that a workman need only smear the surface of the pipe around the aperture 1 with cement or putty, place the casting over the pipe with the collar 3 projecting into the hole and pass the strap 17 around the pipe through the slots on the wing portion, engage the free end thereof with the key and wind up the key until the end of the strap is rolled up snugly in its recess.

What I claim is 1. A clean-out device for pipes having a clean-out aperture, which includes a casting to be placed over the surface of the pipe adjacent the aperture, said casting being bored and having a dependent collar projecting into the aperture, a plug closing the outer end of the casting, wing portions on said casting having slots, a strap connected to one of said wing portions and passing around the pipe to the other of said wing portions and passing through the slot there in, and a key engageable with the other end of the strap, said key adapted to be Wound up to roll up the free end of thestrap and tighten the casting on to the pipe.

2. A clean-out device for pipes having a clean-out. aperture, which includes a .casting to be placed over the surface of the pipe adjacent the aperture, said casting being bored and having a dependent collar projecting into the aperture, a. plug closing the outer end of the casting, Wing portions on said. casting having. slots, at strapconnected to one of said wing portions and passing around the pipe to the other ofsaidwing port-ions and passing through the slot therein, and a key engageable with the other end of the strap,said key-adapted to be Wound up to roll up the free end of the strap and tighten the casting on to the pipe, the wing portion of thecasting associated with the free end of the strap having a recess or socket into which the rolled-up portion of the strap will; tightly engage when rolled up to hold Sheet-rap.

SIMON BBUCELARIE." 

